CVE-2023-5169 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 27
Latest updateOct 11
Description
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, Fedora 39
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6OSV▶
CVE-2023-5169: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially ex↗2023-09-27
GHSA▶
GHSA-65f9-wqxf-mh9r: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially ex↗2023-09-27
📋Vendor Advisories
7Debian▶
CVE-2023-5169: firefox - A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecor...↗2023